{"product_id":"on-the-cancer-frontier-one-man-one-disease-and-a-medical-revolution-hardcover","title":"On the Cancer Frontier: One Man, One Disease, and a Medical Revolution - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Marks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames Sterngold\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1950, a diagnosis of cancer was all but a death sentence. Mortality rates only got worse, and as late as 1986, an article in \u003ci\u003ethe New England Journal of Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e lamented: \"We are losing the war against cancer.\" Cancer is one of humankind's oldest and most persistent enemies; it has been called the existential disease. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But we are now entering a new, and more positive, phase in this long campaign. While cancer has not been cured -- and a cure may elude us for a long time yet -- there has been a revolution in our understanding of its nature. Years of brilliant science have revealed how this individualistic disease seizes control of the foundations of life -- our genes -- and produces guerrilla cells that can attack and elude treatments. Armed with those insights, scientists have been developing more effective weapons and producing better outcomes for patients. Paul A. Marks, MD, has been a leader in these efforts to finally control this devastating disease. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Marks helped establish the strategy for the \"war on cancer\" in 1971 as a researcher and member of President Nixon's cancer panel. As the president and chief executive officer for nineteen years at the world's pre-eminent cancer hospital, the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, he was instrumental in ending the years of futility. He also developed better therapies that promise a new era of cancer containment. Some cancers, like childhood leukemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, that were once deadly conditions, are now survivable -- even curable. New steps in prevention and early diagnosis are giving patients even more hope. \u003ci\u003eOn the Cancer Frontier\u003c\/i\u003e is Marks' account of the transformation in our understanding of cancer and why there is growing optimism in our ability to stop it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Marks, MD\u003c\/b\u003e, led the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center for nineteen years and has been an advisor on national cancer policy. He was awarded the President's National Medal of Science, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering has established the Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research to recognize promising young scientists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Sterngold\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior special writer for the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, is a senior writer for the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and previously spent eighteen years as a correspondent at the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 11, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47703032070403,"sku":"9781610392525","price":198.91,"currency_code":"PLN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/9310\/7359\/files\/c3ZCUG9sa1I2QWRwUURkK1UrSlNDUT09.webp?v=1770058964","url":"https:\/\/annizon.com\/en-pl\/products\/on-the-cancer-frontier-one-man-one-disease-and-a-medical-revolution-hardcover","provider":"annizon.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}